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#BBDCB3 — Light Muted Green

#BBDCB3 is a green color we call Light Muted Green, closest to the named color Silver (#C0C0C0). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: silver (#C0C0C0) — not an exact match. CSS silver gives you #C0C0C0, a different color; use #BBDCB3 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#BBDCB3 is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm and balance. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #D3B2DC; it also sits naturally between #CFDCB2 and #B2DCBF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BBDCB3 · RGB 187, 220, 179

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Color values

HEX#BBDCB3
RGB187, 220, 179
HSL108°, 37%, 78%
HSV108°, 19%, 86%
CMYK15%, 0%, 19%, 14%
XYZ54.22, 65.01, 52.34
Yxy65.01, 0.3160, 0.3789
CIE-Lab84.49, -18.45, 16.58
Hunter Lab80.63, -17.01, 14.08

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 86% · Blue 70%

Cyan 15% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 19% · Key 14%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #BBDCB3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BBDCB3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BBDCB3

.text { color: #BBDCB3; }
.background { background-color: #BBDCB3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BBDCB3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(187, 220, 179); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(108, 37%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BBDCB3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(187, 220, 179, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BBDCB3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(187, 220, 179, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BBDCB3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BBDCB3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BBDCB3

#A5D09A#8CC47E#76B865#5FA84D#518F42#437737#345B2A#26421F#162612#080E06

Tints of #BBDCB3

#C1DFB9#C7E2C0#CAE4C4#D0E7CB#D6EAD2#DDEDD9#E3F1E0#E6F2E3#ECF5EA#F3F9F1

Tones of #BBDCB3

#BCD9B5#BED5B8#C0D3BB#C2D0BE#C3CDC1#C5CAC4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #D3B2DC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.50:1 Fails
Against black text14.00:1 AAA

Best text color on #BBDCB3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BBDCB3

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #BBDCB3: ·

How #BBDCB3 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #C9CABDDeuteranopia · #C7C5BFTritanopia · #BDC5C6

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9EBootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Light Green 500 · #8BC34A

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BBDCB3 rather than the exact color:

Palette Bad8b6
#BAD8B6 · #E1EACD · #F9F6E6 · #8D77AB
Scarlet Zephyr
#9530A0 · #C66AD2 · #66CE5B · #BBE2B4
Palette E1f0da
#E1F0DA · #D4E7C5 · #BFD8AF · #99BC85
Palette Bbd6b8
#BBD6B8 · #AEC2B6 · #94AF9F · #DBE4C6
Palette F28585
#F28585 · #FFA447 · #FFFC9B · #B7E5B4
Palette A0c49d
#A0C49D · #C4D7B2 · #E1ECC8 · #F7FFE5

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#BAD8B6#BBE2B4#BFD8AF#BBD6B8#B7E5B4#C4D7B2#B1DDB6#BDD2B6#B4E3B7#B1D7B4#B0D9B1#C4E1B9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BBDCB2  ·  #BBDCB4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BBDCB3?

#BBDCB3 is Light Muted Green, a green color (RGB 187, 220, 179). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BBDCB3?

#BBDCB3 is RGB 187, 220, 179 — HSL 108°, 37%, 78% — CMYK 15%, 0%, 19%, 14%.

What colors go with #BBDCB3?

Its complement is #D3B2DC; analogous partners are #CFDCB2 and #B2DCBF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BBDCB3 for text?

Black text on #BBDCB3 has a contrast ratio of 14.00:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.50:1.